# The Detroit Lions have just drained me of my soul. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 19, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detroit-lions-have-just-drained-me-of-my-soul/280686 "2004-12-19T21:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detroit-lions-have-just-drained-me-of-my-soul/280686/41 "2004-12-20T18:21:54Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > But I would prefer to see a bona-fide Bears fan take you up on it. The few that were left perished of exposure yesterday afternoon. But, hey, the Bulls have won, like, three in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detroit-lions-have-just-drained-me-of-my-soul/280686/42 "2004-12-20T18:25:57Z")
> [@wmulax93](#): > > Joey Harrington, with the flu and hobbled receivers, put in the game of his life. 362 yards passing, a few more running, 2 TDs and (unfortunately) 2 INTs. > > He marched the team downfield to score with 8 seconds left, making the score 28-27 Minnesota. All we need to do is kick the extra point to get to OT. > > The snap is back… wait, it skipped and the punter didn’t get it down! Vikings tackle Nick Harris for a loss! Beautiful finish for those of us who took the Lions with the points. Having a 3.5 point dog get beat in OT by 6 is the cruelest of gambling losses. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detroit-lions-have-just-drained-me-of-my-soul/280686/43 "2004-12-20T18:44:45Z")
Hey Duff, I was looking into the stands at Lambaugh. Then looking at your team. Then looking at the stands. Then looking at your team. I gotta ask. When did your team colors become blaze orange? And why hasn’t anyone notified the team? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detroit-lions-have-just-drained-me-of-my-soul/280686/44 "2004-12-20T18:49:10Z")
I’m sorry for all the Lions fans. Really. But as a non-Lion fan I would like to thank the Lions for providing what may have been the funniest moment in all of pro-sports. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detroit-lions-have-just-drained-me-of-my-soul/280686/45 "2004-12-20T19:28:47Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Dude, you need to seriously get a life. It’s a football game, for Og’s sake. Grown men being paid way the fuck too much money to play a children’s game. Dude, you need to seriously get a life. It’s a message board, where people pay money and occasionally use hyperbole when they write. Fucking asshole. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detroit-lions-have-just-drained-me-of-my-soul/280686/46 "2004-12-21T00:29:45Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Hey Duff, I was looking into the stands at Lambaugh. Then looking at your team. Then looking at the stands. Then looking at your team. I gotta ask. Did anybody catch the Coors Lite Week # song on SportsCenter or Monday Morning Quarterback today? They showed three hot chicks in bikini tops holding up a sign at Lambeau. Yummy nummy. although I worried about somebody losing an eye, what with the subzero wind chill factor. Brrrrrrr! Also, is there a team I can jinx for you? I finally compliment McNabb, and TO goes down for the season. Who will be next to feel my wrath? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detroit-lions-have-just-drained-me-of-my-soul/280686/47 "2004-12-21T13:17:23Z")
**wmulax93** take heart that that game is entirely and forever forgotten all but Lions fans. It could have been even more [humiliating.](http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3260628) :smack: **Ellis Dee** , in another thread I hoped for a few more pass attempts from Randy Moss. Maybe you could see to that? 😉 **NurseCarmen** , everybody knows that from opening day of deer season to April the state color is Blaze Orange. You never know when certain people from St Paul are going to show up at a game. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detroit-lions-have-just-drained-me-of-my-soul/280686/48 "2004-12-21T14:01:37Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > You never know when certain people from St Paul are going to show up at a game. Touche. (My home town) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-detroit-lions-have-just-drained-me-of-my-soul/280686.md?page=2)